Governing Home Care - A Cross-National Comparison (Hardcover, illustrated edition)

Care of the elderly in their own homes has increasingly come into the focus of contemporary welfare policies and raises important questions about the governance of welfare in general. By taking a comparative and thematic approach, this interesting and timely book offers a comprehensive analysis of the principal issues surrounding the governance of home care. The analysis presented systematically maps out governing arrangements in relation to formal and informal care services, informal care, care workers and users of care across nine countries. The authors explore the ways in which country specific contexts shape governing arrangements and bring together insights from social care and public policy literature, two different yet complementary theoretical perspectives. Combining social care and public policy, Governing Home Care will be of great interest to scholars and postgraduate students and researchers of comparative social and public policy, as well as gender studies with particular interest in health policy, welfare state policies, family studies, and the sociology of caring and ageing.

General

Imprint:	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Globalization and Welfare series
Release date:	June 2007
Authors:	Viola Burau • Hildegard Theobald • Robert H. Blank
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
Edition:	illustrated edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-84542-752-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Public administration Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies
LSN:	1-84542-752-1
Barcode:	9781845427528

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